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Testing Guidance: May Patch Tuesday
May 14, 2025
Each month, the team at Readiness analyzes the latest Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft and provides detailed, actionable testing guidance. This guidance is based on…

A Fat Windows Update for September’s Patch Tuesday
September 12, 2020Microsoft released 129 updates to its Windows ecosystem this month. The good news: we are not dealing with any zero-days or publicly reported vulnerabilities.
A zero-day and testing of key printing features will drive August Windows updates
August 15, 2020Though a DNS-spoofing vulnerability in Windows has been rated as a zero-day, the focus for this month’s updates should be on testing key Windows features…
Advisories and mitigations, oh my! Critical updates for Windows this July
July 27, 2020July's Patch Tuesday update round-up deals with 123 separate security vulnerabilities, including an urgent issue with Microsoft Outlook and a very serious flaw in Windows…
Assurance Security Dashboard July 2020
July 16, 2020Here is our Assurance Security dashboard that shows the risk associated with this month's Patch Tuesday updates.
Large in number, large in nature, this Patch Tuesday needs your attention
June 12, 2020With another critical update to Adobe Flash Player, critical updates to Microsoft’s browsers and the number and nature of updates to Windows platform, this month…
Assurance Security Dashboard June 2020
June 12, 2020For June, we're again trying out a new way of reporting data using a report format that more closely aligns with what customers of our…
A ‘business-as-usual’ Patch Tuesday update for Windows desktops
May 15, 2020With no “zero-days” and a relatively light load of Office, Developer Tools and legacy ESU updates, May's patch cycle focused on the Windows desktop and…
Microsoft Installer: Assassin or Assistant?
May 4, 2020Many software products come packaged in MSI files. Microsoft Installer is a common tool for software developers to ship their products with because it allows…
Don’t Panic, But Do Make This Month’s Patch Tuesday a Priority
April 17, 2020With 113 Patch Tuesday updates this month, there is a lot to do.